v7 man page for ranlib

RANLIB(1)						      General Commands Manual							 RANLIB(1)

NAME
       ranlib - convert archives to random libraries

SYNOPSIS
       ranlib archive ...

DESCRIPTION
       Ranlib converts each archive to a form which can be loaded more rapidly by the loader, by adding a table of contents named __.SYMDEF to the
       beginning of the archive.  It uses ar(1) to reconstruct the archive, so that sufficient temporary file space must be available in the  file
       system containing the current directory.

SEE ALSO
       ld(1), ar(1)

BUGS
       Because	generation  of	a library by ar and randomization by ranlib are separate, phase errors are possible.  The loader ld warns when the
       modification date of a library is more recent than the creation of its dictionary; but this means you get the warning even if you only copy
       the library.

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